{"id":875001,"date":"2022-09-08T06:31:40","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T13:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&#038;p=875001"},"modified":"2022-11-17T07:07:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T15:07:42","slug":"food-security-secure-a-nutritious-future-workshop","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/food-security-secure-a-nutritious-future-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Food Security: Secure a nutritious future Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/researchsummit.microsoft.com\/?OCID=msr_researchsummit_workshop_invite_2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Microsoft Research Summit<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> is a premier forum for the global research community to gather and discuss advances that could empower people in new ways and positively impact our world. This workshop was an extension of the event, where invited select individuals dove deeper to discuss collaboration opportunities related to food security and R&D in food production. The session on November 9 focused on modern R&D, while the session on November 10 walked through the various elements of FarmVibes.AI. All presentation slides and recordings can be found in the agenda below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"explore-more\">Explore More<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"annotations \" data-bi-aN=\"citation\">\n\t<article class=\"annotations__list card depth-16 bg-body p-4 \">\n\t\t<div class=\"annotations__list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"annotations__type d-block text-uppercase font-weight-semibold text-neutral-300 small\">AI Blog<\/span>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.microsoft.com\/ai\/microsoft-open-sources-its-farm-of-the-future-toolkit\/\" data-bi-cN=\"Microsoft open sources its \u2018farm of the future\u2019 toolkit\" data-external-link=\"false\" data-bi-aN=\"citation\" data-bi-type=\"annotated-link\" class=\"annotations__link font-weight-semibold text-decoration-none\"><span>Microsoft open sources its \u2018farm of the future\u2019 toolkit<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"glyph-in-link glyph-append glyph-append-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"annotations \" data-bi-aN=\"citation\">\n\t<article class=\"annotations__list card depth-16 bg-body p-4 \">\n\t\t<div class=\"annotations__list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"annotations__type d-block text-uppercase font-weight-semibold text-neutral-300 small\">Project<\/span>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/project-farmvibes\/\" data-bi-cN=\"Project FarmVibes\" data-external-link=\"false\" data-bi-aN=\"citation\" data-bi-type=\"annotated-link\" class=\"annotations__link font-weight-semibold text-decoration-none\"><span>Project FarmVibes<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"glyph-in-link glyph-append glyph-append-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"annotations \" data-bi-aN=\"citation\">\n\t<article class=\"annotations__list card depth-16 bg-body p-4 \">\n\t\t<div class=\"annotations__list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"annotations__type d-block text-uppercase font-weight-semibold text-neutral-300 small\">GitHub<\/span>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/farmvibes-ai\" data-bi-cN=\"FarmVibes.AI: Multi-Modal GeoSpatial ML Models for Agriculture and Sustainability\" data-external-link=\"false\" data-bi-aN=\"citation\" data-bi-type=\"annotated-link\" class=\"annotations__link font-weight-semibold text-decoration-none\"><span>FarmVibes.AI: Multi-Modal GeoSpatial ML Models for Agriculture and Sustainability<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"glyph-in-link glyph-append glyph-append-chevron-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"speakers\">Speakers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ranveer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ranveer-Chandra-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ranveer Chandra smiling for the camera\" class=\"wp-image-447336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ranveer-Chandra-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ranveer-Chandra-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ranveer-Chandra-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ranveer-Chandra.jpg 302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"ranveer-chandra\" class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ranveer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ranveer Chandra<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Managing Director, Research for Industry; Partner Manager, Networking Research; CTO, Agri-Food<br><em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/lnunes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Leonardo-Nunes-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Leonardo Nunes headshot\" class=\"wp-image-883701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Leonardo-Nunes-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Leonardo-Nunes-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Leonardo-Nunes-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Leonardo-Nunes.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"leonardo-nunes\" class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/lnunes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Leonardo Nunes<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Principal Research Engineer<br><em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/renatoluizd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Renato-Luiz-de-Freitas-Cunha-square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"photo of Renato Luiz de Freitas Cunha\" class=\"wp-image-883710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Renato-Luiz-de-Freitas-Cunha-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Renato-Luiz-de-Freitas-Cunha-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Renato-Luiz-de-Freitas-Cunha-square-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Renato-Luiz-de-Freitas-Cunha-square.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"renato-luiz-de-freitas-cunha\" class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/renatoluizd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Renato Luiz de Freitas Cunha<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Senior Research Software Development Engineer<br><em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/rpadilha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Rafael-Padilha-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"photo of Rafael Padilha\" class=\"wp-image-883707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Rafael-Padilha-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Rafael-Padilha-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Rafael-Padilha.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"rafael-padilha\" class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/rpadilha\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rafael Padilha<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Research Software Engineer<br><em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/acrown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Alex-Crown-square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Alex Crown smiling for the camera\" class=\"wp-image-883728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Alex-Crown-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Alex-Crown-square-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Alex-Crown-square.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"alex-crown\" class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/acrown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alex Crown<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Research Software Development Engineer<br><em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/roberto-estevao_360-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Roberto Estevao\" class=\"wp-image-885678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/roberto-estevao_360-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/roberto-estevao_360-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/roberto-estevao_360-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/roberto-estevao_360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"roberto-estevao\" class=\"has-text-align-center\">Roberto Estevao<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Research Software Engineer<br><em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Eduardo-Rodrigues-square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Eduardo Rodrigues smiling for the camera\" class=\"wp-image-883734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Eduardo-Rodrigues-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Eduardo-Rodrigues-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Eduardo-Rodrigues-square-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Eduardo-Rodrigues-square-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Eduardo-Rodrigues-square.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"eduardo-rodrigues\" class=\"has-text-align-center\">Eduardo Rodrigues<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Senior Research Software Engineer<br><em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/robsantos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Roberto-Santos-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Roberto Santos\" class=\"wp-image-883716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Roberto-Santos-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Roberto-Santos-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Roberto-Santos-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Roberto-Santos.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"roberto-santos\" class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/robsantos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roberto Santos<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Senior Research Software Engineer<br><em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/jiabia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jiang-Bian-square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Jiang Bian\" class=\"wp-image-883698\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jiang-Bian-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jiang-Bian-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jiang-Bian-square-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jiang-Bian-square.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"jiang-bian\" class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/jiabia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jiang Bian<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Principal Research Manager<br><em>Microsoft Research Asia<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/angels-de-luis-balaguer-0370b83a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/angels_360-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Angels de Luis Balaguer\" class=\"wp-image-888144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/angels_360-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/angels_360-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/angels_360-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/angels_360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"angels-de-luis-balaguer-opens-in-new-tab\" class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/angels-de-luis-balaguer-0370b83a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Angels de Luis Balaguer<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Senior Research Software Engineer<br><em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/swatisharma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/swati-square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Swati Sharma\" class=\"wp-image-883725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/swati-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/swati-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/swati-square-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/swati-square-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/swati-square.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"swati-sharma\" class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/swatisharma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Swati Sharma<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Senior Researcher<br><em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/saramalvar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sara-Malvar-square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Sara Malvar\" class=\"wp-image-883722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sara-Malvar-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sara-Malvar-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sara-Malvar-square-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sara-Malvar-square.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"sara-malvar\" class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/saramalvar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sara Malvar<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Senior Researcher<br><em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ronit-Mandal-square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Ronit Mandal\" class=\"wp-image-883827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ronit-Mandal-square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ronit-Mandal-square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ronit-Mandal-square-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ronit-Mandal-square.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"ronit-mandal\" class=\"has-text-align-center\">Ronit Mandal<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Post-Doctoral Scientist<br><em>Plant Protein Innovation Center<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/andysci.wisc.edu\/directory\/joao-ricardo-reboucas-dorea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Joao-Dorea_360-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Joao Dorea\" class=\"wp-image-888156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Joao-Dorea_360-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Joao-Dorea_360-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Joao-Dorea_360-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Joao-Dorea_360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"joao-dorea-opens-in-new-tab\" class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/andysci.wisc.edu\/directory\/joao-ricardo-reboucas-dorea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joao Dorea<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Assistant Professor<br><em>University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/brunosilva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bruno-Silva-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Bruno Silva\" class=\"wp-image-892749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bruno-Silva-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bruno-Silva-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bruno-Silva-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bruno-Silva-360x360.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bruno-Silva.jpg 592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"bruno-silva\" class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/brunosilva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bruno Silva<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Sr. Research Software Engineer<br><em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/morrissharp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Morris-Sharp-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Morris Sharp\" class=\"wp-image-896154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Morris-Sharp-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Morris-Sharp-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Morris-Sharp-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Morris-Sharp.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"morris-sharp\" class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/morrissharp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Morris Sharp<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Senior Research Software Engineer,<br><em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/yuanjc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Yuan-Jyue-Chen-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Yuan-Jyue Chen\" class=\"wp-image-896157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Yuan-Jyue-Chen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Yuan-Jyue-Chen-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Yuan-Jyue-Chen-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Yuan-Jyue-Chen.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"yuan-jyue-chen\" class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/yuanjc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yuan-Jyue Chen<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Senior Researcher,<br><em>Microsoft<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/satya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Satya-Lokam-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Satya Lokam\" class=\"wp-image-896160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Satya-Lokam-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Satya-Lokam-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Satya-Lokam.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Satya-Lokam-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Satya-Lokam-360x360.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 id=\"satya-lokam\" class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/satya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Satya Lokam<\/a><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Principal Researcher,<br><em>Microsoft Research India<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"agenda\">Agenda<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"wednesday-november-9-modern-rd\">Wednesday, November 9: Modern R&D<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This session of the workshop focused on the challenges the Food R&D industry faces in efficiently transforming data-driven insights and technology advances into food products R&D. These talks focus on agriculture R&D related to genomics, computation chemistry, and ML techniques in R&D functions, to transform and \u2018Modernize\u2019 the R&D that leverages technology to enable agility, reduce cost, and deliver better outcomes. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Time (Pacific Time)<\/th><th>Session<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>5:00 PM<\/td><td><strong>Opening | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Jiang Biang, <em>Microsoft Research Asia<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5:05 PM<\/td><td><strong>Recent AI advances for accelerating R&D | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Recent-AI-advances.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Jiang Biang, <em>Microsoft Research Asia<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5:20 PM<\/td><td><strong>Confidential clean rooms for Compliant AI | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FoodSecurity-CCR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=1032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Satya Lokam, <em>Microsoft Research India<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5:35 PM<\/td><td><strong>Developing ML models to approximate and predict food protein digestibility | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Researcher_Protein_Sara.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=1880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Sara Malvar, <em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5:55 PM<\/td><td><strong>Applications of AI and ML in food process engineering: state of the art | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Microsoft_Food-Security-Workshop_RMandal-presentation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=3144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Ronit Mandal, <em>Plant Protein Innovation Center (PPIC)<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6:20 PM<\/td><td><strong>Generative models and transformers for chemistry | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/food_workshop_mosharp.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=4571\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Morris Sharp, <em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6:35 PM<\/td><td>Break<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6:45 PM<\/td><td><strong>Introduction to ag-genomics | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Introduction-to-Ag-Genomics.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=5320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Angels de Luis Balaguer, <em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7:15 PM<\/td><td><strong>Harnessing the power of AI for animal phenotyping | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dorea_Microsoft_summit2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=6657\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Joao Dorea, <em>University of Wisconsin Madison<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7:55 PM<\/td><td><strong>Leveraging AI to improve crop production | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AI_food_production_swati.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=9232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Swati Sharma, <em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8:25 PM<\/td><td><strong>Trustworthy supply chains using DNA tags | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Yuan_ResearchSummit_DNATag.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=10496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Yuan-Jyue Chen, <em>Microsoft<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8:40 PM<\/td><td><strong>Closing | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=11101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Ranveer Chandra, <em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"thursday-november-10-farmvibes-ai-overview-training\">Thursday, November 10: FarmVibes.AI Overview & Training<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft Research recently released a new suite of farm-focused technologies into open-source. The Project FarmVibes.AI will help and empower researchers\/data scientists to innovate and build their own AI Models. Using our cutting-edge research, we built and shared workflows that take some of the mundane tasks out, as well as sample workflows to get you jump-started, to use their expertise to build domain\/scenario specific workflows and AI models. These workshop talks focused on providing introduction and training to these workflows and algorithms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Time (Pacific Time)<\/th><th>Session<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>8:00 AM<\/td><td><strong>Opening | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RNoA7ri2v5I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Ranveer Chandra, <em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8:10 AM<\/td><td><strong>FarmVibes.AI Intro | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/farmvibes_intro.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RNoA7ri2v5I?t=436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Leonardo Nunes, <em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8:40 AM<\/td><td><strong>FarmVibes.AI OSS Overview and how to setup | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ResearchSummit2022-OSS-Overview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RNoA7ri2v5I?t=1807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Renato Luiz de Freitas Cunha, <em>Microsoft Research<\/em><br>Bruno Silva, <em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:30 AM<\/td><td>Break<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:35 AM<\/td><td><strong>Model training notebook in FarmVibes.AI | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/crop_seg_training_session.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RNoA7ri2v5I?t=4614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Rafael Padilha, <em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:25 AM<\/td><td><strong>Weed Detection workflow | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/weed_detection_workflow.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RNoA7ri2v5I?t=7370\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Alex Crown, <em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:55 AM<\/td><td>Break<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:00 AM<\/td><td><strong>SpaceEye in FarmVibes.AI | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/spaceeye.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RNoA7ri2v5I?t=8435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Roberto Estevao, <em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:30 AM<\/td><td><strong>Sustainability Practices\/Land Degradation Workflows | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/land_degradation_n_sustainability_practices.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RNoA7ri2v5I?t=10473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Eduardo Rodrigues, <em>Microsoft Research<\/em><br>Roberto Santos, <em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:55 AM<\/td><td><strong>Closing | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RNoA7ri2v5I?t=11966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br><\/strong>Ranveer Chandra, <em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"workshop-organizers\">Workshop organizers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ranveer\/\">Ranveer Chandra<\/a>, Microsoft Research Redmond<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/bash\/\">B. Ashok<\/a>, Microsoft Research India<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/jiabia\/\">Jiang Bian<\/a>, Microsoft Research Asia<br><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/riyaz-pishori-051a28b\/\">Riyaz Pishori<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Microsoft Research Redmond<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"microsofts-event-code-of-conduct\">Microsoft\u2019s Event Code of Conduct<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. This includes events Microsoft hosts and participates in, where we seek to create a respectful, friendly, and inclusive experience for all participants. As such, we do not tolerate harassing or disrespectful behavior, messages, images, or interactions by any event participant, in any form, at any aspect of the program including business and social activities, regardless of location. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We do not tolerate any behavior that is degrading to any gender, race, sexual orientation or disability, or any behavior that would violate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/legal\/compliance\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft\u2019s Anti-Harassment and Anti-Discrimination Policy, Equal Employment Opportunity Policy, or&nbsp;Standards of Business Conduct<\/a>. In short, the entire experience at the venue must meet our culture standards. We encourage everyone to assist in creating a welcoming and safe environment. Please <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/reportconcern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> any concerns, harassing behavior, or suspicious or disruptive activity to venue staff, the event host or owner, or event staff. Microsoft reserves the right to refuse admittance to or remove any person from company-sponsored events at any time in its sole discretion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a data-bi-type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/reportconcern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Report a concern<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Research Summit (opens in new tab) is a premier forum for the global research community to gather and discuss advances that could empower people in new ways and positively impact our world. This workshop was an extension of the event, where invited select individuals dove deeper to discuss collaboration opportunities related to food security [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":874611,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","msr_startdate":"2022-11-09","msr_enddate":"2022-11-10","msr_location":"Virtual","msr_expirationdate":"","msr_event_recording_link":"","msr_event_link":"","msr_event_link_redirect":false,"msr_event_time":"","msr_hide_region":false,"msr_private_event":true,"msr_hide_image_in_river":0,"footnotes":""},"research-area":[13556,198583],"msr-region":[],"msr-event-type":[],"msr-video-type":[],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-program-audience":[],"msr-post-option":[],"msr-impact-theme":[],"class_list":["post-875001","msr-event","type-msr-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","msr-research-area-artificial-intelligence","msr-research-area-ecology-environment","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_about":"<!-- wp:msr\/event-details {\"title\":\"Food Security Workshop\",\"hasSubtitle\":true,\"subTitle\":\"Secure a nutritious future\",\"image\":{\"id\":874611,\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WebsiteHero_1400x788_B.jpg\",\"alt\":\"Abstract image with blue, purple, and orange tiles moving upward\"}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:msr\/content-tabs -->\n<!-- wp:msr\/content-tab -->\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"placeholder\":\"Add Event Overview content\u2026\"} -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/researchsummit.microsoft.com\/?OCID=msr_researchsummit_workshop_invite_2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Research Summit<\/a> is a premier forum for the global research community to gather and discuss advances that could empower people in new ways and positively impact our world. This workshop was an extension of the event, where invited select individuals dove deeper to discuss collaboration opportunities related to food security and R&amp;D in food production. The session on November 9 focused on modern R&amp;D, while the session on November 10 walked through the various elements of FarmVibes.AI. All presentation slides and recordings can be found in the agenda below.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>Explore More<\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:msr\/annotated-link {\"kicker\":\"AI Blog\",\"kickerEdited\":true,\"title\":\"Microsoft open sources its \u2018farm of the future\u2019 toolkit\",\"titleEdited\":true,\"link\":\"https:\/\/blogs.microsoft.com\/ai\/microsoft-open-sources-its-farm-of-the-future-toolkit\/\"} \/--><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:msr\/annotated-link {\"kicker\":\"Project\",\"title\":\"Project FarmVibes\",\"excerpt\":\"\",\"link\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/project-farmvibes\/\"} \/--><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:msr\/annotated-link {\"kicker\":\"GitHub\",\"kickerEdited\":true,\"title\":\"FarmVibes.AI: Multi-Modal GeoSpatial ML Models for Agriculture and Sustainability\",\"titleEdited\":true,\"link\":\"https:\/\/github.com\/microsoft\/farmvibes-ai\"} \/--><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"20px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>Speakers<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":447336,\"sizeSlug\":\"thumbnail\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\",\"className\":\"is-style-rounded\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ranveer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Ranveer-Chandra-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ranveer Chandra smiling for the camera\" class=\"wp-image-447336\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"7px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"level\":5} -->\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ranveer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ranveer Chandra<\/a><\/h5>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Managing Director, Research for Industry; Partner Manager, Networking Research; CTO, Agri-Food<br><em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:image 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-->\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Eduardo Rodrigues<\/h5>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Senior Research Software Engineer<br><em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":883716,\"sizeSlug\":\"thumbnail\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\",\"className\":\"is-style-rounded\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/robsantos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Roberto-Santos-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Roberto Santos\" class=\"wp-image-883716\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"7px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"level\":5} -->\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/robsantos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Roberto Santos<\/a><\/h5>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Senior Research Software Engineer<br><em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":883698,\"sizeSlug\":\"thumbnail\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\",\"className\":\"is-style-rounded\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/jiabia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Jiang-Bian-square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Jiang Bian\" class=\"wp-image-883698\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"7px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"level\":5} -->\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/jiabia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jiang Bian<\/a><\/h5>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Principal Research Manager<br><em>Microsoft Research Asia<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":888144,\"sizeSlug\":\"thumbnail\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\",\"className\":\"is-style-rounded\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/angels-de-luis-balaguer-0370b83a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/angels_360-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Angels de Luis Balaguer\" class=\"wp-image-888144\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"7px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"level\":5} -->\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/angels-de-luis-balaguer-0370b83a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Angels de Luis Balaguer<\/a><\/h5>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Senior Research Software Engineer<br><em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":883725,\"sizeSlug\":\"thumbnail\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\",\"className\":\"is-style-rounded\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/swatisharma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/swati-square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Swati Sharma\" class=\"wp-image-883725\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"7px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"level\":5} -->\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/swatisharma\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Swati Sharma<\/a><\/h5>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Senior Researcher<br><em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":883722,\"sizeSlug\":\"thumbnail\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\",\"className\":\"is-style-rounded\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/saramalvar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Sara-Malvar-square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Sara Malvar\" class=\"wp-image-883722\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"7px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"level\":5} -->\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/saramalvar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sara Malvar<\/a><\/h5>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Senior Researcher<br><em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:columns -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":883827,\"sizeSlug\":\"thumbnail\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\",\"className\":\"is-style-rounded\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Ronit-Mandal-square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Ronit Mandal\" class=\"wp-image-883827\"\/><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"7px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"level\":5} -->\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Ronit Mandal<\/h5>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Post-Doctoral Scientist<br><em>Plant Protein Innovation Center<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":888156,\"sizeSlug\":\"thumbnail\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\",\"className\":\"is-style-rounded\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/andysci.wisc.edu\/directory\/joao-ricardo-reboucas-dorea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Joao-Dorea_360-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Joao Dorea\" class=\"wp-image-888156\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"7px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"level\":5} -->\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/andysci.wisc.edu\/directory\/joao-ricardo-reboucas-dorea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joao Dorea<\/a><\/h5>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Assistant Professor<br><em>University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":892749,\"sizeSlug\":\"thumbnail\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\",\"className\":\"is-style-rounded\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/brunosilva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bruno-Silva-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Bruno Silva\" class=\"wp-image-892749\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"7px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"level\":5} -->\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/brunosilva\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bruno Silva<\/a><\/h5>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Sr. Research Software Engineer<br><em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":896154,\"sizeSlug\":\"thumbnail\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\",\"className\":\"is-style-rounded\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/morrissharp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Morris-Sharp-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Morris Sharp\" class=\"wp-image-896154\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"7px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"level\":5} -->\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/morrissharp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Morris Sharp<\/a><\/h5>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Senior Research Software Engineer,<br><em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":896157,\"sizeSlug\":\"thumbnail\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\",\"className\":\"is-style-rounded\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/yuanjc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Yuan-Jyue-Chen-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Yuan-Jyue Chen\" class=\"wp-image-896157\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"7px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"level\":5} -->\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/yuanjc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yuan-Jyue Chen<\/a><\/h5>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Senior Researcher,<br><em>Microsoft<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column -->\n\n<!-- wp:column -->\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\"><!-- wp:image {\"align\":\"center\",\"id\":896160,\"sizeSlug\":\"thumbnail\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\",\"className\":\"is-style-rounded\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/satya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Satya-Lokam-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"headshot of Satya Lokam\" class=\"wp-image-896160\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:image -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"7px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"textAlign\":\"center\",\"level\":5} -->\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/satya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Satya Lokam<\/a><\/h5>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"align\":\"center\"} -->\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Principal Researcher,<br><em>Microsoft Research India<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:column --><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:columns -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"15px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>Agenda<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3>Wednesday, November 9: Modern R&amp;D<\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>This session of the workshop focused on the challenges the Food R&amp;D industry faces in efficiently transforming data-driven insights and technology advances into food products R&amp;D. These talks focus on agriculture R&amp;D related to genomics, computation chemistry, and ML techniques in R&amp;D functions, to transform and \u2018Modernize\u2019 the R&amp;D that leverages technology to enable agility, reduce cost, and deliver better outcomes. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:table {\"className\":\"is-style-stripes\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Time (Pacific Time)<\/th><th>Session<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>5:00 PM<\/td><td><strong>Opening | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Jiang Biang, <em>Microsoft Research Asia<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5:05 PM<\/td><td><strong>Recent AI advances for accelerating R&amp;D | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Recent-AI-advances.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Jiang Biang, <em>Microsoft Research Asia<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5:20 PM<\/td><td><strong>Confidential clean rooms for Compliant AI | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FoodSecurity-CCR.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=1032\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Satya Lokam, <em>Microsoft Research India<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5:35 PM<\/td><td><strong>Developing ML models to approximate and predict food protein digestibility | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Researcher_Protein_Sara.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=1880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Sara Malvar, <em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5:55 PM<\/td><td><strong>Applications of AI and ML in food process engineering: state of the art | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Microsoft_Food-Security-Workshop_RMandal-presentation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=3144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Ronit Mandal, <em>Plant Protein Innovation Center (PPIC)<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6:20 PM<\/td><td><strong>Generative models and transformers for chemistry | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/food_workshop_mosharp.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=4571\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Morris Sharp, <em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6:35 PM<\/td><td>Break<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6:45 PM<\/td><td><strong>Introduction to ag-genomics | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Introduction-to-Ag-Genomics.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=5320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Angels de Luis Balaguer, <em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7:15 PM<\/td><td><strong>Harnessing the power of AI for animal phenotyping | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Dorea_Microsoft_summit2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=6657\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Joao Dorea, <em>University of Wisconsin Madison<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7:55 PM<\/td><td><strong>Leveraging AI to improve crop production | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AI_food_production_swati.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=9232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Swati Sharma, <em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8:25 PM<\/td><td><strong>Trustworthy supply chains using DNA tags | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Yuan_ResearchSummit_DNATag.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=10496\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Yuan-Jyue Chen, <em>Microsoft<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8:40 PM<\/td><td><strong>Closing | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/zS9JIgFR4AM?t=11101\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Ranveer Chandra, <em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:table -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"47px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading {\"level\":3} -->\n<h3>Thursday, November 10: FarmVibes.AI Overview &amp; Training<\/h3>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Microsoft Research recently released a new suite of farm-focused technologies into open-source. The Project FarmVibes.AI will help and empower researchers\/data scientists to innovate and build their own AI Models. Using our cutting-edge research, we built and shared workflows that take some of the mundane tasks out, as well as sample workflows to get you jump-started, to use their expertise to build domain\/scenario specific workflows and AI models. These workshop talks focused on providing introduction and training to these workflows and algorithms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:table {\"className\":\"is-style-stripes\"} -->\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>Time (Pacific Time)<\/th><th>Session<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>8:00 AM<\/td><td><strong>Opening | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RNoA7ri2v5I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Ranveer Chandra, <em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8:10 AM<\/td><td><strong>FarmVibes.AI Intro | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/farmvibes_intro.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RNoA7ri2v5I?t=436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Leonardo Nunes, <em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8:40 AM<\/td><td><strong>FarmVibes.AI OSS Overview and how to setup | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ResearchSummit2022-OSS-Overview.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RNoA7ri2v5I?t=1807\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Renato Luiz de Freitas Cunha, <em>Microsoft Research<\/em><br>Bruno Silva, <em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:30 AM<\/td><td>Break<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9:35 AM<\/td><td><strong>Model training notebook in FarmVibes.AI | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/crop_seg_training_session.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RNoA7ri2v5I?t=4614\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Rafael Padilha, <em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:25 AM<\/td><td><strong>Weed Detection workflow | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/weed_detection_workflow.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RNoA7ri2v5I?t=7370\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Alex Crown, <em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10:55 AM<\/td><td>Break<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:00 AM<\/td><td><strong>SpaceEye in FarmVibes.AI | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/spaceeye.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RNoA7ri2v5I?t=8435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Roberto Estevao, <em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:30 AM<\/td><td><strong>Sustainability Practices\/Land Degradation Workflows | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/land_degradation_n_sustainability_practices.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slides<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RNoA7ri2v5I?t=10473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Eduardo Rodrigues, <em>Microsoft Research<\/em><br>Roberto Santos, <em>Microsoft Research<\/em><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11:55 AM<\/td><td><strong>Closing | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/RNoA7ri2v5I?t=11966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">video<\/a><br><\/strong>Ranveer Chandra, <em>Microsoft Research Redmond<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<!-- \/wp:table -->\n\n<!-- wp:spacer {\"height\":\"29px\"} -->\n<div style=\"height:29px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:spacer -->\n\n<!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>Workshop organizers<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ranveer\/\">Ranveer Chandra<\/a>, Microsoft Research Redmond<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/bash\/\">B. 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As such, we do not tolerate harassing or disrespectful behavior, messages, images, or interactions by any event participant, in any form, at any aspect of the program including business and social activities, regardless of location. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We do not tolerate any behavior that is degrading to any gender, race, sexual orientation or disability, or any behavior that would violate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/legal\/compliance\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft\u2019s Anti-Harassment and Anti-Discrimination Policy, Equal Employment Opportunity Policy, or&nbsp;Standards of Business Conduct<\/a>. In short, the entire experience at the venue must meet our culture standards. We encourage everyone to assist in creating a welcoming and safe environment. 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